Incinerator for products of combustion engines, furnaces, and the like



Jan. 3, 1950 c, BELLS-[EDT 2,492,947

INCINERATOR FOR PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION ENGINES, FURNACES, AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 15, 1945 INVENTOR. Car/ Beflsfeaf amyww.

ATTCI R N EYE Patented Jan. 3, 1950 INCINERATOR FOR PRODUCTS OF'COMBUS- TION ENGINES, FURNACES, AND THE LIKE Carl Bellstedt, Lynwood, Calif. Application November 15, 1945, Serial No. 628,692

The invention relates to an incinerator, and more especially to a burner for exhaust from an internal combustion engine or other types of motors having exhaust products. 1

The primary object of the invention is the'pro vision of a burner of this character, wherein the fumes or other matter which are exhausted from an engine, other exhaust medium, or the like will be burned, either to provide heat or to purify the exhaust of its poisonous and obnoxious ingredients, the burner being designed for use in shops, factories, public buildings, garages or the like where the smoke, fumes or carbon monoxide may be present for the elimination thereof from the enclosure.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a burner of this character, wherein the construction thereof permits use on internal combustion engines, Diesel motors or any other power unit using combustible fuel, the burner being of novel construction and is unique in the arrangement and assembly of parts thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a burner of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, functioning as an incinerator, strong, durable, automatic in the working thereof, and inexpensive to manufacture and install, it being safe for the elimination of dangerous gases, fumes and smoke.

With these and other objects in view, the in vention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyin drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away, of the burner constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a view of the front end of the burner;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows with the feed nozzle in elevation;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line l4 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line l5 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar reference characters indicate corre- 1 Claim. (01. 183-6) 2 sponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the burner constituting thepresent invention, comprises a cylindrical shellor casing l0, forming therein an explosive chamber l l, and in the cylindrical walling of this shell or casing perforations or vents l2 opening into the said chamber, while opening through an end head l3 to this shell or casing is a choke funnel 0r conduit M, which tapers in the direction of such head. The funnel or conduit l4 leads from a mixing bowl or drum l5 into which is partially extended a pipe I6. On the exterior of the pipe I6 is fixed a disk-like baflle ll, spaced from and confronting air inlets 18 of the bowl or drum l5. This exhaust pipe 16 conducts spent or exhaust products of combustion from a combustible fuel operated or internal combustion engine, not shown, to the mixing bowl or drum IS in the working of the burner for the elimination of obnoxious or poisonous fumes from such exhaust.

Opening into the combustion chamber or explosive chamber I I is an elbowed burner nozzle or jet I9 which at its flame tip 20 axially aligns with the funnel or conduit l4 and directs the flame toward the entirely open end 2| of the shell or casing Ill.

The shell or casing I0 is fitted with a tubular holder 22 for a spark plug or other ignition device 23 of the electrical spark gap type, yet in this connection there may be as a substitute a gas pilot or other igniter, the shell or casing l0 and the bowl l5 being provided with supporting standards 24 for the setting up of the entire burner heretofore described. The nozzle or jet l9 has support from a hanger 25 carried by the funnel or conduit l4, that is to say, the feed line 26 to this nozzle or jet being mounted to this hanger. The nozzle or jet l9 uses natural or manufactured gas supplied thereto by the feed line 26 from the source of supply in the operation of the burner.

The gas when ignited destroys all poisonous and obnoxious fumes from the exhaust admitted to the chamber ll through the funnel or conduit M which takes such exhaust from the mixing chamber in the drum or bowl [5 delivered thereto by the pipe It, the burner being usable in factories, shops, public buildings, garages, or anywhere that smoke, or other products oLexhaust or carbon monoxide is present and must be eliminated.

The shell or casing 10 is also adapted for use 3 with a lining of fire brick for the purpose of retaining the heat that is formed from the action of the apparatus, and thus, when sufiiciently hot, reduces the need for natural gas or other methods 4 in the direction of said cylindrical shell, a burner nozzle mounted in said cylindrical shell adjacent to and facing in the direction of movement of the discharge from said funnel, means supplying fuel used to burn the exhaust, it being self operating. 5 to said burner nozzle for forming a flame thereat What is claimed is:

A burner for utilizing exhaust gases from combustible fuel engines comprising a mixing :cham-.:'- her having; air :inletsmpen to .the atmospherejj' whereby the propagation of said flame is in the direction of the discharge from the funnel and towardthe open'end of the:cylindricahshel l, and electr-icala ignition means *in saidicylindrical shell an intake pipe concentric with and extending into 10 adjacent said burner nozzle for igniting the flow said mixing chamber, said intake pipe being adapted for connection to the,.exhaustoftheem. gine for conducting the exhaust products'ithereg 'offuel therefrom, whereby the flame propagated fiiomrsaidlburnernqzzle will be introduced into the, iflow,.:of.dischargeirom the mixing chamber from to said mixing chamber, abafiie disk "for causing combustion of the exhaust products.

mounted on said intake pipe in confrontingerelationship with the air inlets ,of said chamber for governing the air supply thereto, a perforated cylindrical shell having one endclosed= by a head wall and its opposite end open to the atmosphere: a I substantially truncated conical;v funnel connecting said mixing chamberaaminiaidrfv cylindricalifsh'elli at .:the ahead: wall :.-ther,e0fsffor conducting ;the .contentsrof maidcmixing chamber;-

CARL BELLSTEDT.

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